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Semalt: Google Analytics Dashboard
The Google Analytics plugin for WordPress makes it possible for users to track the site by making use of the latest
tracking codes. Also, it helps to view the much-needed Google Analytics statistics with each installation of
WordPress, keep away referral spam, and any other type of spam to keep data valid.
Not only it helps with the Google Analytics stats, but there also some bene ts for having the GA plugin installed
together with the WordPress. For example, it provides an in-depth report concerning the page and posts created, as
well as segment all the data used for analytics. Also, it provides detailed reports on how each website post or page
has been performing since publication.
Michael Brown, the Semalt Customer Success Manager, states that all WordPress users have to note that the
tracking code is fully customizable, and gives users a chance to use hooks and other useful options. Customers can,
therefore, collect advanced data such as custom dimensions and events.
Real-Time Stats in Google Analytics 1/3
The following are the reports that Google Analytics makes on each of their user dashboards in real time:
The number of visits to the site
The acquisition channels
All the details concerning traf c sources.
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Google Analytics Reports
Given below, is a list of all the reports that one needs concerning the website on the dashboard, on each post, on the
page screen, and the front-end of the site:
Statistics on the organic searches, number of page views, sessions
created, and bounce rates.
Statistics on the visitor locations, keywords used, referrers, 404
errors.
Statistics on the social networks, traf c channels, mediums for
traf c, all search engine analytic results.
Statistics on the device categories, browser used, screen
resolutions, operating systems, and the mobile brands.
As an optional feature, one may control and limit who views the reports by setting security parameters, which
depend on the role a user plays in an organization.
Google Analytics Tracking
The plugin allows users to install the latest tracking codes with fully customizable options for the entire code. It
includes:
Anonymization of the IP address
Enhancing the IP attributes
The Universal Google Analytics code
A sampling rate control for the page speed
Remarketing, and tracking of demographic spread and interests
Monitoring of cross-domain activity
Exclude tracking for some user roles.
Application of Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP).
Support for E-commerce.
The Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress allows tracking such events as downloads, telephone, the depth of
page scrolling, fragment identi ers, emails, custom event categories, actions and labels, af liate and outbound links.
With it help, one can opt to create custom dimensions to track other things like authors, time of publication
(month/year), categories, engagement, or tags.
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Google Tag Manager Tracking
This feature helps to track the code for Google Tag Manager, data layer
variables: authors, time of publication (month/year), categories and user
types, additional data layer variables such as the page scrolling depth,
exclude user roles, and AMP.
AMP Features
It includes basic tracking for Google Tag Manager, and Analytics, automatic removal of AMP from tracking, depth
tracking scrolling, tracking custom dimension, control of user sampling rates, form submissions, downloads, af liate
links, custom events, hash marks, outbound links, telephones, and emails.
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